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Red Cliff Bridge
Red Cliff Bridge is a Cantilever bridge, cantilevered steel arch bridge located about southwest of the town of Red Cliff, Colorado, one of Colorado's iconic bridges. The bridge carries U.S. Route 24 in Colorado, U.S. Highway 24 over the Eagle River (Colorado), Eagle River, as well as a county road, and the former Union Pacific Railroad track that heads south toward Tennessee Pass (Colorado), Tennessee Pass and the city of Leadville, Colorado, Leadville. One of only two steel arch bridges within Colorado, Red Cliff Bridge has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1985 and is the state's only cantilevered steel arch bridge. The bridge was designed by King Burghardt, an engineer at the Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado Department of Highways, and built by contractor P.M. Kenney in 1940, using steel components fabricated by the Minnesota-Moline Power Implement Company. Construction was difficult, with workers hanging over a drop while working in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle River (Colorado)
The Eagle River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed March 18, 2011 in west central Colorado in the United States. It rises in southeastern Eagle County, at the continental divide, and flows northwest past Gilman, Minturn, Avon. Near Wolcott, it turns west, flowing past Eagle and Gypsum, and joins the Colorado at Dotsero, in western Eagle County. Its flow ranges from in late summer of dry years to during spring runoff. Acid mine drainage from the abandoned Eagle Mine has entered the river. See also * List of rivers of Colorado * List of tributaries of the Colorado River The principal tributaries of the Colorado River of North America are the Gila River, the San Juan River, the Green River, and the Gunnison River. Tributary tree The following is a tree demonstrating the points at which the major and minor trib ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
